Persecuting Palestine

As a result, most Palestinians were turned into refugees, denied by Israel the right to return to their homes. Tens of thousands turned out few days ago in the occupied territories to protest against seven decades of Israel’s refusal to make amends or end its oppressive rule.

The move by US president Donald Trump of the US embassy to Jerusalem, a city under belligerent occupation, has only inflamed Palestinian grievances and a sense that the West is still conspiring in their dispossession. The focus of the protests is Gaza, where unarmed Palestinians have been massing every Friday since late March at the perimeter fence that encages two million of them.